Swanson Center Counseling Services in LaPorte
LaPorte Counseling Services also offers a variety of therapeutic services for persons of all ages living in the City of LaPorte and the surrounding area. These include psychiatric medication services, evaluation services, daytime emergency services, community education services, and counseling services, both brief and long term for individuals, families/couples and groups, including specialized services to children and adolescents. Other services provided include psychological testing and addictions treatment.

Intensive Case Management - Child/Adolescent Services (ICM)
Our in-home therapists and case managers assist children and families in the home and the community. Using a strength based and family friendly approach we strive to optimize the child’s ability to function and ensure specialized needs in all life areas are being met.

Home Based Therapy includes:
· Developing parenting strategies to meet specialized needs of the child.
· Communication skills
· Conflict resolution
· Behavior modification plans to assist in changing the child’s behavior
· Understanding intergenerational issues that effect children
· Developing good family organization, structure and roles
· Stress management
· Self-esteem
· Substance abuse
· Goal setting
· Problem solving
· Developing support systems
· Interpersonal relationships
· Supervised visitation
· Family processes

Home Based Case Management includes:
· The convenience of home visits
· Coordinated treatment and case planning among all service providers
· Child development education
· Domestic violence education
· Parenting education/training
· Family assessment
· Community referrals and follow up
· Develop structure/time management
· Behavior modification
· Budgeting/money management
· Meal planning/preparation
· Parent training with children present to demonstrate new techniques
· Monitor progress of parenting skills
· Community service information
· Develop long and short term goals
· In-home supervised visitation
· Identifying resources to ensure the needs of the child are being met